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Tag: DISEASE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Solving a mystery: How the TB bacterium develops rapid resistance to antibiotics
For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled researchers as to how it develops resistance to antibiotics so quickly, in a matter of weeks to months. Now, TB researchers…
New tool that integrates the psychological, social and medical data of patients with rare diseases
Researchers have created a formal holistic representation of rare disease data that includes information ignored until now
Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built
Understanding what other people want, how they feel, and how they see the world is becoming increasingly important in our complex, globalised society. Social skills enable us to make friends and create a network of people who support us. But…
Disease ecologist awarded $3 million DTRA grant to combat brucellosis
Team to train brucellosis researchers on latest techniques in microbiological and epidemiological research, biosafety and genomic analyzes
WEHI joins forces with World Health Organisation to combat anaemia
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated Australian medical research institute WEHI as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Anaemia Detection and Control, in recognition of WEHI researchers’ expertise in combatting anaemia. The designation enlists WEHI researchers to advise the WHO…
Study suggests greater social support linked to lower diabetes distress
Providing social support services for patients with Type 2 diabetes may improve outcomes
Implications of early health care spending reductions for expected spending as COVID-19 pandemic evolves
What The Study Did: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care spending in the U.S. has important implications for payers, clinicians, hospitals, health care systems and patients, and has been the subject of much debate. Authors: J. Michael…
When malaria parasites trick liver cells to let themselves in
New study shows how Plasmodium enters hepatocytes
New type of antivenom to reduce 100,000 fatalities each year from venomous snake bites
A new approach of treating life-threatening snake bites responsible for around 100,000 deaths globally each year is being pioneered by an international research consortium led by University of Bristol scientists. The EU-funded ADDovenom study, involving teams in the UK, France,…
Prejudice, poverty, gender – illustrations show the reality of living with disease
Community-based research programme leads to innovative ‘cartoons’
Researchers use genomics to reconstitute yellow fever outbreak in São Paulo
Three waves of the disease swept the state between 2016 and 2018. An international group of researchers described how the virus spread in a study based on the sequencing of 51 viral isolates extracted from mosquitoes and monkeys.
Chikungunya may affect central nervous system as well as joints and lungs
Investigation conducted by international group of researchers showed that chikungunya virus can cause neurological infections; risk of death in subacute phase is higher for patients with diabetes and significant for young adults
Scientists find Ebola virus antibodies in people before 2018 DRC outbreak
Exposure to Ebola viruses may be more frequent and widespread than previously thought
The dangers of collecting drinking water
Collecting drinking water in low and middle income countries can cause serious injury, particularly for women, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new international study published in BMJ Global Health reveals dangers including falls, traffic…
Malaria test as simple as a bandage
Microneedle-based diagnostic a new platform for many diseases, blood draw not required
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Highlights: Intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention; risk drivers include deforestation, wildlife trade; tax high pandemic-risk activities; 540,000 – 850,000 unknown viruses in nature could infect people; economic impacts 100x prevention costs
Unravelling the origins of autoimmune psychosis
A first step towards potential treatments
Exposure to suboptimal doses of antimalarial drugs could, under certain circumstances, increase mala
A new study shows that, depending on the parasite stage, suboptimal doses of artemisinin could increase its conversion to the sexual form, which is the only form that can be transmitted
Stem cells: new insights for future regenerative medicine approaches
Researchers discover that a specialized part of the chromosomes, essential for a correct cell division, is smaller and weaker in stem cells, when compared to the ones of differentiated cells.
Tabba Heart Institute and IHME collaborate to improve health
Novel analysis on the burden of cardiovascular diseases in Pakistan will help shape health policies designed to save lives
A drop in temperature
Researchers examine the decline in average body temperature among healthy adults over the past two decades
Precaution: Lessons from COVID-19
Which is more important in the initial phase of a pandemic: taking precautionary actions or responding to its severity? That is the question that researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) set out to address in an article published in BioEssays.
Study reveals factors that can make placenta less capable of protecting fetus from zika
Findings reported by Brazilian researchers in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases help explain why only some babies whose mothers are infected during pregnancy are born with microcephaly and other anomalies
Accessible healthcare could be key to solving climate crisis
Accessible healthcare could be key to solving climate crisis, according to Stanford researchers and others
City, University of London academics develop algorithm to analyse HeLa cancer cells
Dr Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro and Dr Cefa Karabag collaborate with the Francis Crick Institute on a novel approach published in the PLoS ONE journal, which significantly reduces the amount of time taken to analyse the cell line
New genes related to autism spectrum disorder
Transposon domestication in the BEX/TCEAL cluster and autism
Duke-NUS study uncovers why bats excel as viral reservoirs without getting sick
SINGAPORE, 27 October 2020 – Bats act as reservoirs of numerous zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV, MERS CoV, Ebola virus, and–most likely–SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen behind the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, the molecular mechanisms bats deploy to tolerate pathogenic viruses has remained…
Mental health disorders among university students confined during COVID-19
What The Study Did: University students in France who experienced quarantine during COVID-19 were surveyed to assess how common were mental health issues and to identify factors associated with these disorders. Authors: Fabien D’Hondt, Ph.D., of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire…
Research team discovers molecular processes in kidney cells that attract and feed COVID-19
Although the lungs are a common target for COVID-19’s cytokine storm, so are the kidneys, making the 1 in 4 U.S. adults with diabetes resulting in diabetic kidney disease at increased risk for virus mortality. But why are the kidneys…
New tricks for old antibiotics
Researchers uncovered that a group of antibiotics confers protection against sepsis, beyond their ability to directly control the infection
A promising discovery could lead to better treatment for Hepatitis C
Canadian researchers at INRS have identified a critical role played by a cellular protein in the progression of Hepatitis C virus infection, paving the way for more effective treatment.
Preventive drugs halve malaria cases in African schoolchildren
Intervention could hold key to eliminating the disease as part of a three-pronged approach
NRL researchers evaluate ultraviolet sources, combat COVID-19
WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers evaluated commercial ultraviolet (UV) sources for viral disinfection to combat COVID-19 on land and at sea, and established a dedicated UV characterization lab in five days to ensure safe introduction and effective operation…
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Study provides estimates of the effect of introducing and lifting physical distancing measures on COVID-19 reproduction (R) number
Modelling analysis of measures in 131 countries confirms that combined measures are likely to reduce the R more than individual measures
Are bushmeat hunters aware of zoonotic disease? Yes, but that’s not the issue
Study provides insights into gathering, preparation patterns and meat preferences
Princeton and Mpala scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes
A new study supporting the “mismatch” hypothesis found that obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular illnesses increased among Turkana people whose diet changed from animal-based to carbohydrate-based.
UArizona Health Sciences researchers find biomarker that can appear before stomach cancer
A promising new biomarker that appears in patients before stomach cancer develops may help with early detection of the disease and improve patient response to therapy, according to findings in a study led by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.…
New evidence to guide the practice of blood transfusions in children with severe malari
A new study shows that transfusions could help increase survival, even at higher haemoglobin levels than those currently recommended
New global programme funded to target COVID-19 neurological disease
The University of Liverpool is leading a new global project to better understand how and why COVID-19 affects the brain in order to develop measures to help improve patient outcomes. The University has secured £860,000 from the National Institute for…
New technology diagnoses sickle cell disease in record time
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed a new way to diagnose diseases of the blood like sickle cell disease with sensitivity and precision and in only one minute. Their…
AJTMH tip sheet for October 2020
Your advance look at two new studies publishing online on Oct. 15, 2020 in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The Lancet: Latest global disease estimates reveal perfect storm of rising chronic diseases and public health failures fuelling COVID-19 pandemic
Latest global disease estimates reveal perfect storm of rising chronic diseases and public health failures fuelling COVID-19 pandemic – research published in The Lancet provides new data on health in 204 countries and territories. Key regional findings (USA): Life expectancy…
A new, comprehensive approach to measure inequality in preventable child mortality
A new model can more accurately and efficiently assess which children are at highest risk of preventable death, according to a study published October 14 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Antonio Ramos from the Fielding School of Public…
The Lancet: Herd immunity approaches to COVID-19 control are a ‘dangerous fallacy’, say authors of open letter
A group of 80 researchers warn that a so-called herd immunity approach to managing COVID-19 by allowing immunity to develop in low-risk populations while protecting the most vulnerable is “a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence”. Faced with a…
How deadly parasites ‘glide’ into human cells
Gliding movements to invade host cells In biological terms, gliding refers to the type of movement during which a cell moves along a surface without changing its shape. This form of movement is unique to parasites from the phylum Apicomplexa,…
IVI and global health partners encourage vaccine diplomacy
October 13, 2020, SEOUL, Korea — The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) hosted a virtual State Forum today to advocate for multilateral cooperation through vaccine diplomacy. During a coronavirus pandemic with the continuous threat of more neglected infectious diseases spreading around…
COVID-19, excess all-cause mortality in US, 18 comparison countries
What The Study Did: COVID-19 deaths and excess all-cause mortality in the U.S. are compared with 18 countries with diverse COVID-19 responses in this study. Authors: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the…
HIV epidemic: Successful use of self-tests in rural Africa
Despite significant progress in prevention and therapy, millions of people still get infected with HIV every year. The main burden of HIV/AIDS falls on Africa. To contain the epidemic, innovative methods are needed to enable early diagnosis of all those…